Added --colors and --format.

Closes #59 and #82.

README.rst

@@ -677,14 +677,24 @@ Colors and Formatting
 ---------------------
 
 Syntax highlighting is applied to HTTP headers and bodies (where it makes
-sense). Also, the following formatting is used:
+sense). You can choose your prefered color scheme via the ``--style`` option
+if you don't like the default onw (see ``$ http --help`` for the possible
+values).
+
+Also, the following formatting is applied:
 
 * HTTP headers are sorted by name.
 * JSON data is indented, sorted by keys, and unicode escapes are converted
   to the characters they represent.
 
-Colorizing and formatting can be disabled with ``--ugly, -u``.
+One of these options can be used to control output processing:
 
+===============  ==============================================================
+``--pretty``     Apply both colors and formatting. Default for terminal output.
+``--colors``     Apply colors.
+``--format``     Apply formatting.
+``--ugly, -u``   Disables output processing. Default for redirected output.
+===============  ==============================================================
 
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@@ -722,7 +732,8 @@ Redirected Output
 HTTPie uses **different defaults** for redirected output than for
 `terminal output`_:
 
-* Formatting and colors aren't applied (unless ``--pretty`` is set).
+* Formatting and colors aren't applied (unless ``--pretty``, ``--format``,
+  or ``--colors``, is set).
 * Only the response body is printed (unless one of the `output options`_ is set).
 * Also, binary data isn't suppressed.
 
@@ -852,7 +863,7 @@ and that only a small portion of the command is used to control HTTPie and
 doesn't directly correspond to any part of the request (here it's only ``-f``
 asking HTTPie to send a form request).
 
-The two modes, ``--pretty, -p`` (default for terminal) and ``--ugly, -u``
+The two modes, ``--pretty`` (default for terminal) and ``--ugly, -u``
 (default for redirected output), allow for both user-friendly interactive use
 and usage from scripts, where HTTPie serves as a generic HTTP client.
 
@@ -922,6 +933,8 @@ Changelog
 =========
 
 * `0.2.8dev`_
+    * Added ``--colors`` and ``--format`` in addition to ``--pretty``, to
+      be able to separate colorizing and formatting.
 * `0.2.7`_ (2012-08-07)
     * Compatibility with Requests 0.13.6.
     * Streamed terminal output. ``--stream`` / ``-S`` can be used to enable

httpie/cli.py

@@ -11,10 +11,13 @@ from . import __doc__
 from . import __version__
 from .output import AVAILABLE_STYLES, DEFAULT_STYLE
 from .input import (Parser, AuthCredentialsArgType, KeyValueArgType,
-                    PRETTIFY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY,
+                    PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY,
                     SEP_PROXY, SEP_CREDENTIALS, SEP_GROUP_ITEMS,
                     OUT_REQ_HEAD, OUT_REQ_BODY, OUT_RESP_HEAD,
-                    OUT_RESP_BODY, OUTPUT_OPTIONS)
+                    OUT_RESP_BODY, OUTPUT_OPTIONS,
+                    PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY, PRETTY_ALL,
+                    PRETTY_FORMAT,
+                    PRETTY_COLORS)
 
 
 def _(text):
@@ -71,19 +74,26 @@ parser.add_argument(
 
 prettify = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)
 prettify.add_argument(
-    '--pretty', dest='prettify', action='store_true',
+    '--pretty', dest='prettify', action='store_const', const=PRETTY_ALL,
-    default=PRETTIFY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY,
+    default=PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY,
     help=_('''
-        If stdout is a terminal, the response is prettified
+        Apply both colors and formatting. Default for terminal output.
-        by default (colorized and indented if it is JSON).
-        This flag ensures prettifying even when stdout is redirected.
     ''')
 )
+prettify.add_argument(
+    '--colors', dest='prettify', action='store_const', const=PRETTY_COLORS,
+    help=_('''Apply colors to the output.''')
+)
+prettify.add_argument(
+    '--format', dest='prettify', action='store_const', const=PRETTY_FORMAT,
+    help=_('''Apply formatting to the output.''')
+)
 prettify.add_argument(
     '--ugly', '-u', dest='prettify', action='store_false',
     help=_('''
-        Do not prettify the response.
+     Disables output processing.
-    ''')
+     Default for redirected output.
+     ''')
 )
 
 output_options = parser.add_mutually_exclusive_group(required=False)

httpie/input.py

@@ -66,11 +66,16 @@ OUTPUT_OPTIONS = frozenset([
     OUT_RESP_BODY
 ])
 
+# Pretty
+PRETTY_ALL = ['format', 'colors']
+PRETTY_FORMAT = ['format']
+PRETTY_COLORS = ['colors']
+PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY = object()
+
 
 # Defaults
 OUTPUT_OPTIONS_DEFAULT = OUT_RESP_HEAD + OUT_RESP_BODY
 OUTPUT_OPTIONS_DEFAULT_STDOUT_REDIRECTED = OUT_RESP_BODY
-PRETTIFY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY = object()
 DEFAULT_UA = 'HTTPie/%s' % __version__
 
 
@@ -123,8 +128,8 @@ class Parser(argparse.ArgumentParser):
             # Stdin already read (if not a tty) so it's save to prompt.
             args.auth.prompt_password(urlparse(args.url).netloc)
 
-        if args.prettify == PRETTIFY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY:
+        if args.prettify == PRETTY_STDOUT_TTY_ONLY:
-            args.prettify = env.stdout_isatty
+            args.prettify = PRETTY_ALL if env.stdout_isatty else []
         elif args.prettify and env.is_windows:
             self.error('Only terminal output can be prettified on Windows.')
 

httpie/output.py

@@ -116,7 +116,8 @@ def make_stream(env, args):
     elif args.prettify:
         Stream = partial(
             PrettyStream if args.stream else BufferedPrettyStream,
-            processor=OutputProcessor(env, pygments_style=args.style),
+            processor=OutputProcessor(env, groups=args.prettify,
+                                      pygments_style=args.style),
             env=env)
     else:
         Stream = partial(EncodedStream, env=env)
@@ -446,17 +447,23 @@ class HeadersProcessor(BaseProcessor):
 class OutputProcessor(object):
     """A delegate class that invokes the actual processors."""
 
-    installed_processors = [
+    installed_processors = {
-        JSONProcessor,
+        'format': [
-        HeadersProcessor,
+            HeadersProcessor,
-        PygmentsProcessor
+            JSONProcessor
-    ]
+        ],
-
+        'colors': [
-    def __init__(self, env, **kwargs):
+            PygmentsProcessor
-        processors = [
-            cls(env, **kwargs)
-            for cls in self.installed_processors
         ]
+    }
+
+    def __init__(self, env, groups, **kwargs):
+
+        processors = []
+        for group in groups:
+            for cls in self.installed_processors[group]:
+                processors.append(cls(env, **kwargs))
+
         self.processors = [p for p in processors if p.enabled]
 
     def process_headers(self, headers):

tests/tests.py

@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ class ImplicitHTTPMethodTest(BaseTestCase):
         self.assertIn(OK, r)
 
 
-class PrettyFlagTest(BaseTestCase):
+class PrettyOptionsTest(BaseTestCase):
     """Test the --pretty / --ugly flag handling."""
 
     def test_pretty_enabled_by_default(self):
@@ -553,6 +553,34 @@ class PrettyFlagTest(BaseTestCase):
         )
         self.assertIn(COLOR, r)
 
+    def test_colors_option(self):
+        r = http(
+            '--print=B',
+            '--colors',
+            'GET',
+            httpbin('/get'),
+            'a=b',
+            env=TestEnvironment(colors=256),
+        )
+        #noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+        # Tests that the JSON data isn't formatted.
+        self.assertEqual(r.strip().count('\n'), 0)
+        self.assertIn(COLOR, r)
+
+    def test_format_option(self):
+        r = http(
+            '--print=B',
+            '--format',
+            'GET',
+            httpbin('/get'),
+            'a=b',
+            env=TestEnvironment(colors=256),
+        )
+        #noinspection PyUnresolvedReferences
+        # Tests that the JSON data is formatted.
+        self.assertEqual(r.strip().count('\n'), 2)
+        self.assertNotIn(COLOR, r)
+
 
 class VerboseFlagTest(BaseTestCase):